TO PREVENT SADDLE GALLS.

Patea Mail, 24 March 1881, Page 4

TO PREVENT SADDLE GALLS.

Keep the back clear of scurf and dried sweat, also the lining of the saddle. The greatest care should be taken to secure a well-fitting saddle. In many cases the tendency to chafe is constitutional, and aggravated by high feeding on grain, or by some local disease of the stomach, liver, kidneys, or lungs. Therefore, grain, and above all heating grains, like corn, should bo avoided as far as possible during hot weather. Any costiveness of the bowls should be counteracted, and any suppression or nnatural condition of tbo nrinc should be corrected. If the subject is out of condition, his system should be toned up, and his ability to undergo exertion without sweating should be fostered. In many cases advantage may he derived from a daily dose of loz Glauber salts, 1 drachm carbonate of soda, and 2 drachms powdered gentian root. When a horse subject to such sores returns from work warm and perspiring, the surfaces covered by the saddle and collar may bo sponged over with a solution of soz of tincture of arnica, Idrahm tannic acid, and 1 quart of water. When actually raw all pressure must be kept off the part, and the sore may be kept wot with a lotion composed of 1 drachm carbolic acid, soz glycerine, 1 drachm tannic acid, and 1 quart of water.